NEWS BRIEFS
SUIT TO STOP
COAL AND LNG
The coal trains that might be heading
through Eugene have hit at least one
obstacle, and it’s a wet one. In order to
export coal and liquefied natural gas
(LNG), both controversial fossil fuels, the
Port of Coos Bay needs to dredge and
deepen its channel. On Jan. 19 a coalition
of groups from Coos Bay residents to
environmental organizations filed an
appeal of the Oregon Department of State
Lands’ (DSL) December decision to issue
a dredging permit.
According to Dan Serrres of Columbia
Riverkeeper, the permit allows for the
largest dredging project in an estuary the
state has ever approved. The groups,
represented by Earthjustice, point out that
while the permit to dredge was originally
sought to develop an LNG import terminal,
that proposal has now become an export
terminal, and it’s still unknown what coal
company is vying to export 6 to 10 million
tons of coal out of Coos Bay a year (see
EW’s cover story, Coal Train, 1/19).
David Petrie, a Confederated Tribes of
the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw
tribal member and Coos Waterkeeper,
says in a statement, “This destructive
project is unnecessary and damaging to
the surrounding community.” According
to Petrie, industries that depend on the
health of the estuary and marine life, such
as oyster farms and salmon fisheries,
would be negatively affected by the
dredging.
The groups, which include the Sierra
Club and Climate Solutions as well as
Coos Waterkeeper, point out that the
dredging could not only hurt local
fisheries, but recreational boaters, and
that the coal trains and LNG pipelines
that would send the fossil fuels to the port
also have health and environmental
repercussions such as pipeline spills and
explosions from the gas pipeline and lung
damaging coal dust from the trains.
Among its arguments, the appeal says
that the state didn’t adequately evaluate
the environmental damage from dredging
and that the DSL failed to consider
alternatives to the use of the terminal to
export coal or LNG.
— Camilla Mortensen
MADE IN OREGON!
ACTIVIST ALERT
• Discover Downtown Springfield will be
holding a networking reception to update the
public on the progress of downtown Springfield
from 5:30 to 7 pm Thursday, Jan. 26, at
Devote 30, 126 4th Street, Springfield. Contact
Neil Obringer at NEDCO, neil@nedcocdc.org
• This year’s St. Thomas More Lecture
series at the Newman Center, 1850 Emerald St.
in Eugene, will be on “Social Justice for
Farmworkers.” John Morris, a Dominican
priest, will offer an overview of Catholic
teaching on social justice at 7 pm Thursday,
Jan. 26. At 7 pm Friday, Jan. 27, Ramon
Ramirez of PCUN will describe the lives of
Northwest farmworkers, the issues involved,
and the role of the union.
• The local Many Rivers Group of the Sierra
Club is meeting from 7 to 9 pm Thursday, Jan.
26, at the Eugene Garden Club, 1645 High St.
Speaker is outdoor writer William L. Sullivan
talking about his favorite Oregon hikes and
adventures, based on his new book, Oregon
Favorites. See http://wkly.ws/qk for more
information.
• Two years ago Congress declared every
Jan. 23 to be “Ed Roberts Day” based on
Roberts’ legacy of advocacy for those with
disabilities. This year Lane Independent Living
Alliance is honoring Roberts, whose brother
lives in Eugene, with a gathering and discussion
of universal health care from 7 to 9 pm
Thursday, Jan. 26, at the Peer Support Club,
990 Oak St.
• Janet Hardy will be speaking on “Ethical
Sluts” from 7 to 9 pm Thursday, Jan. 26, in
100 Willamette on the UO campus. The event
is organized by As You Like It — The Pleasure
Shop and will address relationships and
polyamory. Email Ariel Howland at phowland@
uoregon.edu for more information.
• “Undoing Racism,” an interactive
workshop for social justice activists, will be
from 9 am to 4 pm Saturday, Jan. 28, at First
United Methodist Church, 1376 Olive St.,
Eugene. Sliding scale donation of $15 to $25.
Sponsored by CALC’s Back to Back: Allies for
Human Dignity. To register, call 485-1755 or
email calcoffice@gmail.com The next
workshop in this series will be April 28.
• Emerald FEAST (Financing of Eugene
Area Sustainable Talent) will be from 6 to 8
pm Saturday, Jan. 28, at Unity of the Valley,
39th and Hilyard. First of a series of “crowd-
sourcing” events sponsored by Eugene City of
Peace, eDev and Helios to provide small grants
to social entrepreneurs. Tickets before Jan. 27
are $15 to $20 sliding scale and are available
at eDev offices, Suite 120, 1445 Willamette
St., or online at BrownBagTickets.com. Contact
David Hazen at 520-6621 or email innercom@
peak.org
• The Oregon Shores Conservation
Coalition is hosting a panel discussion that
will explore climate change and water supplies
at 7 pm Tuesday, Jan. 31, in the Yachats
Commons. The free public event is part of
Oregon Shores’ Coastal Climate Change
Adaptation Project. Three OSU science
professors will speak: Ken Williamson, Anne
Nolin and Chris Surfleet. Call 414-9371 or email
paris@oregonshores.org.
• Lane County Commissioners will hold a
public meeting at 7 pm Tuesday, Jan. 31, at the
Florence Event Center to decide if they will
amend the Florence 2020 Plan which was
passed unanimously in 2010 by Commissioners
Fleenor, Dwyer, Handy, Sorenson and Stewart.
At issue is a “voluntary annexation”
amendment that would allow developers to
bring parcels into the city, burdening city
infrastructure.
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• The campaign to free Army Pvt. Bradley
Manning, accused WikiLeaks whistleblower,
will be presented by Jeff Paterson at 7:30 pm
Wednesday, Feb. 1, at First United Methodist
Church, 1376 Olive St. in Eugene. Sponsored by
CALC, email calcpeace@efn.org or call 485-
1755.
LANE AREA SPRAY SCHEDULE
In western Lane County, Seneca Jones (541)
689-1011 will be hacking and squirting
hardwood trees between Crow and Doane
Roads near Coyote Creek about a mile from
Crow Elementary School. About 28 acres in
sections 21 and 28 of Township 18 South
Range 5 West are to be treated with Polaris.
Notice 2012-781-00028.
Compiled by Jan Wroncy, Forestland Dwellers: 342-8332,
www.forestlanddwellers.org
CORRECTIONS/
CLARIFICATIONS
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Lake, the genders of Eron King and Justice
King were reversed, and while an earlier study
found 2,4-D and atrazine present in the urine of
Triangle Lake residents, Oregon Health
Authority’s study showed only 2,4-D.
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